For my money "365 Days With Jay" by Jason Marcy is the best journal comic out there at the moment and yes, that includes James Kochalka's "American Elf." In this wonderful strip we meet Jay himself, his beautiful wife and adorable son, as well as his cantankerous boss and conversant coworkers. What I find most appealing about the strip is that Jay doesn't make any attempt to sugar coat his daily existence. He presents his life as it is with brutal honesty, warts and all.
In this autobiographical comic we bear witness to the good and bad times in equal measure. We are the fly on the wall as he argues with his wife and becomes impatient with his rambunctious little boy but are also there to see the families enormous love and affection for one another. We are privy to Jay's private thoughts and internal dialogue and are able to hear our own self doubt and fears echoed there too.
Jay's black and white artwork is both muscular and accomplished. He draws some of the most fantastic facial expressions I've ever seen and is able to capture a wide range of emotions with just a few brush strokes. His art is both economical and comical and yet as realistic as his depiction of life itself.
So, be sure that you check this comic out each weekday because spending the day with Jay is time well spent.
... read it now!Commute of the Living Dead by Eric Boeker is a genuinely funny comic. I was surprised to find myself laughing again and again at his zombie humor.... It's odd, you'd think it would get old fast -like a day old corpse.... (Oh well I'm not as funny as he is.)
The art is a great match to his humor. This is a comic that's worth your time. It's only a few pages at this point, but I truly hope he can keep up the pace.
... read it now!Baton Lash's Supernatural Law is a genuinely hilarious concept. The comic tells the tale of the law firm of Wolff & Byrd, who chariably represents those from the lowest levels of society, the werewolves, the zombies and of course the vampires.
The stories are well written and wonderfully drawn. Baton Lash has a great sense of story, and this is most definately a comic worth your time.
... read it now!In a great display of colour and comic flavour, Jason Turner, one of the Scott Mcclouds favourites, surprise us with an effort of surve 24 hours of creativity but doing an amazing trip from cafe to cafe, magazine to magazine, to creative a road trip of strange characters.
Where most of the 24 hours comics fail, 16 Hole success.
... read it now!